Clintonville Senior Care Guide

A tree-lined North Side neighborhood built up through the early-to-mid 1900s, and one of the few parts of Columbus with real depth of established senior housing.

Clintonville runs along North High Street north of Ohio State's campus, stretching toward Worthington. It's known for its mature street trees, a mix of bungalows and colonial-style homes on generous lots, and a strong sense of neighborhood identity anchored by Whetstone Park and the Clintonville Farmers' Market. It has long been popular with Ohio State faculty and staff, which has produced a sizable population of longtime homeowners now well into retirement age — one reason several senior living communities were built in and around the area over the past several decades.

Aging in place vs. moving

Housing stock here is generally friendlier to aging in place than German Village's rowhouses — many Clintonville homes are single-family with usable first floors — but the neighborhood's popularity with young families has also pushed up property taxes and upkeep costs, which factors into some families' decisions about whether to sell and move into a community versus staying put with home care support.

Nearby senior living options

Wesley Glen, a Life Enriching Communities campus offering independent living, assisted living, memory support, and nursing care, sits directly on North High Street in the Clintonville area — the closest full-continuum community to the neighborhood. Families here also frequently look a bit further south toward Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber on Neil Avenue near Victorian Village, reachable via the same High Street/Neil Avenue corridor that runs the length of the near-north side. Between the two, most levels of care — independent living through skilled nursing — are represented within a short drive of Clintonville.

For a full comparison of options, see the facility directory, or narrow by care type: independent living, assisted living, or memory care. Clintonville is part of the City of Columbus in Franklin County; see the Columbus city guide for the broader picture, and Short North for the neighborhood just south.